Sarah: (Smakcking herself in the face for making dumb errors) STUPID LOUSY TYPING SKILLS! Thasnks for pointing that out Aangsair. I wrote this on Wordpad, wihich I'm still getting used to...Well, here goes Chapter 7...
Matari observed the necklace on ly for a moment before The Avatar reached over and snatched it out of her hands.
Matari ignored the violent gesture though. "What was that? Ithada Waterbending symbol on it. Did it belong to someone from a Water Tribe?"
"Yes...but we're getting off topic now, Matari. My point is, the reason I brought you here was that this island is very unstable...I should know."
"But then why do you live here?"
"Well, I can conrtol the fire that spews out of the ground. Can you?"
Matari was silent for a moment. "What about this journey you spoke of? How do you know Sokka?"
The Avatar sighed for a moment. He was very reluctant to tell Matari the truth, but then again, she had been denied the truth her whole life.
He had to tell her, He just had to.
"He and...his sister rescued me after I made a mistake. They helped me master the elements."
"So...My mom was with you? What abou my dad?"
The Avatar choked. "He...uh...he died."
"Sokka said he helped you too. Were you all friends?"
"Not...exactly." He started to sweat.
"Sokka said that you were! Are you lying to me about something? It's weird enough that I found you here in the first place, I don't need to be lied to."
The Avatar sighed. "Matari. I have some confessions to make. First of all, Sokka promised me he wouldn't tell you anything, so don't be angry at him. Second of all, I married your mother..."
Matari was frozen at this point. She backed against the wall, breathing hard. "Huh?"
He sighed again, this time deeper. "It's true, Matari. I loved your mother, very much. She died after she had you...it was the worst thing that ever happed to me. I never forgave myself."
"Why did you run away?" Matari asked in a weak voice.
He looked down in shame. "I had no choice. It's my job to protect the world, Matari. If I were to stay, things would have gone back to the way they were."
"The war..."
She looked down for a moment, before her expression went from confused to angry...
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU! THIS WHOLE THING IS A LIE!"
He wasn't happy to hear his own daughtertalk like that, but he couldn't blame her. Matari was angry, and tears were staring to brim in her eyes.
"I never even knew my mom! Why did it have to happen like this!" She said through her heavy sobs. She collapsed on the ground, holding her head in her hands.
He stayed calm.
"Matari, I'm sorry that this had to happen. I only wish I wasn't the Avatar...maybe I could have helped...I don't know..."
Matari didn't answer him, she only cried more, until it was becoming harder to breathe.
My mother is dead, The Avatar is my father, and Sokka lied to me...my whole life!
Why did this have to happen to me?
I still have Waterbending to master, and I don't have a choice but to go on.
If I stayed here...what would happen?
I could live here with the Avatar...away from everything else in the world that's looked down on me for so long...
No.
I can't.
Not even if I've just found my long lost father...I can't leave. I have to move on.
Matari wiped the tears out of her eyes, and looked up only to see that The Avatar also had tears in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry Matari. I didn't mean for these things to happen...I found you now though, and that's all that matters to me. Every day I thought of you: what you'd look like now, what you would me like, how much you've grown...I only wished that I could see you...now I guess that I've gotten that wish."
Matari realized that she had been a bit foolish to overeact like that. Even if the Avatar had left her all her life, he didn't have a choice, and after all, he still loved her.
Matari looked up at him. She was still sittiing on the floor on her knees, hunched over a bit.
"I'm sorry, Avatar. This is all just too much to handle at once. I don't blame Sokka for what he did: he was just trying to keep me safe."
She got up off the floor.
Aang smiled. "You are understanding, just like your mother...Well, anyway, what have you come to the Fire Nation for, Matari- and please, call me Aang."
Matari crossed her arms. "Well, I'm on my way to the North Pole to learn Waterbending."
"You're a Waterbender? That's great news, Matari!"
"Yes...only Sokka had to stay and defend the tribe back home, so he sent me out on my own. I have to go and learn Waterbending, my people depend on me and Sokka."
Aang nodded. "I see that you are wise, but you can't go out on your own, Matari. I'll have to come with you."
Matari's face lit up with exitement. "Really? That would be great!...And it would give me a chance to know you better."
Aang nodded. "You can stay here for the night, Matari. I'll go get some blankets and some food. You look hungry."
Matari smiled and waited patiently on the floor as Aang layed out a blanket and handed her a bowl of vegetable stew. She ate gratefully, savoring every sip.
After a while, things started to quiet down.
"So how is Sokka doing anyway?" Aang asked, resting his chin on his hand as they sat together in the little one-roomed hut.
"He's good." Matari replied.
"You know...I'm sorry all this is such a big change for you, but I promise, I'll do my best to be a father...or at least a friend."
Matari nodded.
They went to sleep that night, not knowing someone was watching their every move from outside...
Sarah: CLIFFY! MUHUAHAHAHAHAHA! BEWARE THE DREADED CLIFFY, BEWARE!...Oh and by the way, Ep. 16 KICKED BUTT! I could not believe Aang burned Katara like that, but it was SO cool the way she healed herself!...But now, just because Aang's starting to blow it with Katara, I'm thinking about becoming a Zutara shipper, only I still think that Katara and Aang are cute together...and I'm not a huge Zuko fan...wow, I'm rambling...O.o